Technical Product Developer (Engineering, Manufacturing & Renewables)

NOCN Group is an international charity which delivers future-fit skills solutions with social impact for colleges, training providers, employers and individuals. To find out more, visit our website.

We are seeking a motivated and professional Technical Product Developer with Engineering, Manufacturing, Electrical or Green Skills occupational experience to join our Product Development team. Reporting to the Product Operations Manager, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality services aligned with NOCN's strategic objectives.

• Design, develop and review products using project management techniques which ensure the involvement of key stakeholders including subject specialists and relevant NOCN Group staff.
• Design, develop and review products following NOCN Group processes and procedures to meet customer demand and expectations, and the requirements of external quality assurance regulatory and relevant sector bodies
• Develop and maintain innovative assessment materials (knowledge tests, practical assessments, on-site assessments), including e-assessment implementation, item banking and online exam systems
• Ensure products and assessment processes meet extra regulator requirements (Ofqual, ESFA, ifATE/DfE or equivalent and funding rules; prepare product documentation, assessment strategies and centre provider guidance.

• Educated to Level 4
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Recent experience of working with awarding organisations or similar bodies to develop vocational and technical products in a competitive market
• Experience of working in education or related discipline
• Significant Engineering, Manufacturing, Electrical or Green Skills experience
• Strong knowledge of apprenticeship standards, EPA models and regulated qualification frameworks

• Responsive
• Supportive
• Honest
• Ethical
• Sustainable
• Respectful
• Innovative

• We offer 38 days of annual leave this includes 8 bank holidays and 3 closure days between Christmas and New Year
• We can offer hybrid working
• 35-hour working week
• We can offer flexible working for a better work-life balance
• Buy/Sell Annual leave
• Flexible bank holidays for religious holidays
• Pension scheme
• Wellbeing support
• Training and development opportunities
• Free parking at both offices
• Life assurance
• Modern office spaces
• Enhanced family leave
• Optional tax-free childcare schemes
• Dress down Fridays

Due to the high volume of applications, we can only provide feedback at the interview stage.

As a proud member of both Disability Confident and Inclusive Employers standard, we celebrate and recognise the benefits of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. As such, we welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.